Games By Matthew Humphries Nov. 27, 2013 7:31 am
Back in July we heard about the work of 19-year-old Alexander J. Velicky. He wanted to get a job at Bethesda, so set about creating a mod for Skyrim. But this wasn’t just any mod, this was Falskaar, a mod that has a land mass about a third of the size of Skyrim’s entire world, and he created it all by himself.
Falskaar isn’t just big in terms of environment size, though, it actually adds around 25 hours of new content to the game. Velicky spent over 2,000 hours creating new quests, characters, items, as well as doing new voice work and creating a soundtrack. He’s an all-rounder, and someone Bethesda surely had to take notice of.
However, Bethesda apparently didn’t take any notice and didn’t even offer him an interview for a job. But don’t let that put you off creating your own mod in an attempt to enter the games industry because creating Falskaar has earned Velicky a pretty sweet new role. He is now working, not for Bethesda, but for Bungie.
After being overlooked at Bethesda, Velicky started applying for other jobs in the industry, including companies he thought he’d never have a chance of working for. But he was surprised to find someone at Bungie took notice of his work on Falskaar and clearly saw he had talent. Velicky has since been offered and accepted the position of Associate Designer at Bungie where he will be working on their latest project in production: Destiny.
Posting on the Bethesda forums Velicky thanks the community and passes on what he calls a “corny life lesson.” He says no one should be afraid to try, and if they set their sights on a goal it’s just a case of working hard to achieve it. Working at Bungie is proof that works.
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Falskaar isn’t just big in terms of environment size, though, it actually adds around 25 hours of new content to the game. Velicky spent over 2,000 hours creating new quests, characters, items, as well as doing new voice work and creating a soundtrack. He’s an all-rounder, and someone Bethesda surely had to take notice of.
However, Bethesda apparently didn’t take any notice and didn’t even offer him an interview for a job. But don’t let that put you off creating your own mod in an attempt to enter the games industry because creating Falskaar has earned Velicky a pretty sweet new role. He is now working, not for Bethesda, but for Bungie.
After being overlooked at Bethesda, Velicky started applying for other jobs in the industry, including companies he thought he’d never have a chance of working for. But he was surprised to find someone at Bungie took notice of his work on Falskaar and clearly saw he had talent. Velicky has since been offered and accepted the position of Associate Designer at Bungie where he will be working on their latest project in production: Destiny.
Posting on the Bethesda forums Velicky thanks the community and passes on what he calls a “corny life lesson.” He says no one should be afraid to try, and if they set their sights on a goal it’s just a case of working hard to achieve it. Working at Bungie is proof that works.
Now read: PS4 and PS3 will get access to Bungie’s Destiny beta first
More...
